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Academic Performance and Single-Sex Schooling: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Switzerland
Eisenkopf, Gerald; Hessami, Zohal; Fischbacher, Urs; … - CESifo - 2011
We study the effects of random assignment to coeducational and single-sex classes on the academic performance of female high school students. Our estimation results show that single-sex schooling improves the performance of female students in mathematics. This positive effect increases if the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009320786
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Academic Performance and Single-Sex Schooling: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Switzerland
Eisenkopf, Gerald; Hessami, Zohal; Fischbacher, Urs; … - Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Universität Konstanz - 2011
We study the effects of random assignment to coeducational and single-sex classes on the academic performance of female high school students. Our estimation results show that single-sex schooling improves the performance of female students in mathematics. This positive effect increases if the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009293326
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Academic performance and single-sex schooling: Evidence from a natural experiment in Switzerland
Eisenkopf, Gerald; Hessami, Zohal; Fischbacher, Urs; … - 2011
We study the effects of random assignment to coeducational and single-sex classes on the academic performance of female high school students. Our estimation results show that single-sex schooling improves the performance of female students in mathematics. This positive effect increases if the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278858
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Academic performance and single-sex schooling : evidence from a natural experiment in Switzerland
Eisenkopf, Gerald; Hessami, Zohal; Fischbacher, Urs; … - 2011
-set of female students. -- gender math gap ; single-sex education ; coeducation ; natural experiment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009307969
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Academic Performance and Single-Sex Schooling : Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Switzerland
Eisenkopf, Gerald; Hessami, Zohal; Fischbacher, Urs; … - 2021
We study the effects of random assignment to coeducational and single-sex classes on the academic performance of female high school students. Our estimation results show that single-sex schooling improves the performance of female students in mathematics. This positive effect increases if the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315970
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A Nation-Wide Laboratory: Examining Trust and Trustworthiness by Integrating Behavioral Experiments into Representative Surveys
Fehr, Ernst; Fischbacher, Urs; von Rosenbladt, Bernhard; … - 2003
representative behavioral data from a social dilemma experiment. We identify which survey questions intended to elicit people's trust … correlate well with behaviorally exhibited trust in the experiment. People above the age of 65, highly skilled workers and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262013
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Who runs? : honesty and self-selection into politics
Fehrler, Sebastian; Fischbacher, Urs; Schneider, Maik T. - 2016
campaign by making non-binding promises to voters. Confirming the model's key predictions, we find in the experiment that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011543745
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A nation-wide laboratory : examining trust and trustworthiness by integrating behavioral experiments into representative survey
Fehr, Ernst; Fischbacher, Urs; Rosenbladt, Bernhard von; … - 2003
with representative behavioral data from a social dilemma experiment. We identify which survey questions intended to elicit … people s trust correlate well with behaviorally exhibited trust in the experiment. People above the age of 65, highly skilled …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011402471
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Pivotality and responsibility attribution in sequential voting
Bartling, Björn; Fischbacher, Urs; Schudy, Simeon - 2015 - Revised version, April 2015
This paper analyzes responsibility attributions for outcomes of collective decision making processes. In particular, we ask if decision makers are blamed for being pivotal if they implement an unpopular outcome in a sequential voting process. We conduct an experimental voting game in which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010243444
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Unequal Opportunities and Distributive Justice
Eisenkopf, Gerald; Fischbacher, Urs; Föllmi-Heusi, … - Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Universität Konstanz - 2011
redistribution. People earn money in a real effort experiment and can then decide how to distribute it among themselves and another …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009018525